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Action Sports Indoor Cricket Open Tournament:
Wijeratne, first week's star
Yasaratne GAMAGE
The first week of the inaugural Action Sports Indoor Cricket Open
Tournament saw Ceylinco Insurance, HSBC, NTB and HNB heading their
respective groups at the Austasia Indoor Cricket Complex. The tournament
started last week and will go on till the end of August.
Team Expo recorded the highest team score of 64 last week against The
Warriors who recorded the lowest score that was 32.
S Wijeratne of HSBC scored 20 against Vinsiri which is the highest
individual score so far. Isham Ghouse of Expo took four wickets for 16
against The Warriors. S Wijeratne of HSBC was adjudged the best player
of the night in the first leg for his contribution from both bat and
ball.
This week is the second leg of the tournament and RNH met Expo, Otoka
Played against HSBC, The Warriors against Vinsiri and Deutche met
Harlequins yesterday. Today, Ceylinco, Stuart, Madhura Ent and NTB will
meet Sampath, Coats, Suntel and Aitken Spence respectively.
Tomorrow, the last day of the second week of the tournament will be a
festive night as lot of other entertainment activities have also been
scheduled. SLIC vs Mabroc, HNB vs Old Joes and Premaratne Bros vs Access
are the fixtures lined up for Friday.
The tournament is organized by Action Sports Pvt Ltd in collaboration
with Ceylon Indoor Cricket Association ( CICA) in which 24 teams from
corporates, banks and clubs will compete in four groups. Matches will be
played on every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm.
The tournament will also act as a trial to select the next National
Indoor Cricket Team that will represent Sri Lanka at the Six-Nations
Tournament which is to be held in India in September and the Indoor
Cricket World Cup in South Africa in October.
Group A:
Ceylinco Insurance - 8 points,
Suntel - 6 points
Group B:
HSBC - 7 points
Expo - 6 points
Group C:
NTB - 8 points
Harlequins - 6 points
Group D:
HNB - 8 points
Hirdaramani - 7 points
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